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Satoshi Kon (今 敏, Kon Satoshi
?, born October 12, 1963) is a Japanese director of anime films. Kon started his career
as a manga artist and editor in Young Magazine, and then
made his screenwriting debut with "Magnetic Rose", a section of the
anthology film Memories. Kon made his directorial
debut film, Perfect Blue, in 1997, followed by
Millennium Actress, Tokyo
Godfathers, Paprika and the television
series Paranoia Agent. A fifth film,
The Dream Machine, is
also in production.[1]
All of his works as a director have been made by Studio
Madhouse, where he is a staff director along with Rintaro and Yoshiaki
Kawajiri. He is a founder and part of the 15-member steering
committee of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA)
labor group.[2]
Biography
Early
career
Satoshi Kon is a film director from Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. Kon attended Musashino
College of the Arts and intended to become a painter.[1]
After college, he worked with Katsuhiro Otomo on the manga World Apartment Horror.[1]
Kon entered the anime industry by working as set designer for
Roujin Z (1991),
for which Otomo was the screenwriter and mechanical designer.[1]
Kon's early work was strongly influenced by Otomo due to Kon's
experience with him.[1]
Afterwards, Kon made his screenwriting debut with "Magnetic Rose",
a section of the anthology film Memories.[1]
Directorial
work
In 1997, Satoshi Kon released his directorial debut film Perfect Blue,
which was turned into a feature film from an original video
animation in the middle of production.[1]
His next film, Millennium Actress, was
released in 2001 to several film festivals and won numerous
awards.[1]
Having created two films that blend dreams and reality, Kon decided
to work on a more linear and traditional story and directed Tokyo
Godfathers, his only film to date that doesn't deal with
subjective reality.[1]
After creating the television series Paranoia Agent, Kon finished work
on Paprika, a feature-length film
that received a wide release to cinemas worldwide in 2007.
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Director
Animator
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